Ironing machine attachment



IRONING MACHINE ATTACHMENT Filed Oct. l0, 1953 l INVENToR Gf-ams? M ry/aHV/vsQ/v l ATTO Patented Nov. 5, 1935 IRNING MACHINE ATTACHMENT George W. Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio, assigner to The American Laundry Machinery Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of @hic Y Application October l0,

6 Claims.

This invention relates to an ironing machine attachment and more particularly to an attachment for holding the article to be ironed in contact with a portion of the ironing roll before it 5 passes between the heated chest and ironing roll.

In ironing machines of the roll and chest type it is customary t feed articles into the machine at the point where the ironing roll contacts the leading edge of the chest and to deliver them at the trailing edge of the chest.

With my device I propose to hold the articles in contact with the roll for a substantial distance before they enter between the roll and chest for Y the purpose of utilizing the heat in the roll to preheat the article to a point where the moisture content of the article will approximately reach the vaporization point just prior to passing beneath the ironing chest.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be seen in the accompanying drawing and description and the essential features will be summarized in the claims.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a sectional view along the lines l-l of Fig. 2, while Fig. 2 is a longitudinal View partly in section showing the general arrangement of my invention.

I have illustrated my invention as applied to a conventional roll and chest type of ironer having a roll 3 suitably padded as at i and arranged to rotate in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig'. l about a chest 5 supported by bearings in the end frame 6. A chest shown at l and heated in any desired manner is provided with a concave surface on its upper side conforming to the periphery of the ironing roll.

Various means will occur to those skilled in the art for holding articles to be ironed in contact with the surface of the roll for a substantial distance before it passes beneath the chest. I have disclosed a very simple arrangement comprising a shaft 3 fixed at its outer ends in the end frames ii and carrying a plurality of loosely mounted rolls 0 which contact the padded roll and main- 45 tain the shaft in alinement with the roll surface.

Loosely mounted on the shaft 8 between the rollers 9 are unheated plates i0, each of which has a circular portion ill embracing the shaft 8 and each plate preferably has one or more fingers engaging the roll. To maintain the fingers of the plates in yielding contact with the surface of the roll, I have provided coil springs ll which assemble over the shaft 3, one en-d being held in the shaft and the other end being Xcd in the circular portion I4 of the plate. Collar I2 and spacers i3 I 1933, Serial No. V692,909

(Cl. (iS-9) serve to retain the parts in proper position upon shaft 8.

In the embodiment shown the articles are held in contact with the surface of the roll for a circumferential distance equal to at least half the 5 circumferential measurement of the chest ironing surface. However, this distance may be varied as desired in order to achieve the purpose of my invention which, as stated above, is the heating of the moisture in the article substantially to the vaporization point before the article passes over the chest.

In operation the articles are fed into the machine at the point marked A (Fig. 1) and as they pass under the fingers lll they are pressed against therironing roll and it is during this time that they `are preheated. The articles then pass beneath the plates i@ into contact with the chest 'l where the ironing operation takes place and they are delivered in ironed condition to the operator at the 20 point marked B.

What I claim is: Y

l. In an ironing machine of the class described having a coacting rotatable roll and stationary chest adapted to iron articles therebetween, sta- 25 tionary unheatedv means for yieldingly holding an article in contact with said roll for a considerable distance before reaching said chest, said chest and means engaging substantially over half the circumferential periphery of said roll and being arranged for introduction and delivery of articles on the same side of the roll.

2. In an ironing machine of the class described having a coacting roll and chest and means for rotating said roll to carry articles between the roll and chest, a plurality of separate plate members each mounted on a shaft adjacent the roll periphery and spring-pressed theretoward, said plate members conforming to the roll surface and extending a suihcient distance circumferentially in advance of the chest for the introduction of articles between said plate members and roll on Y the side of the roll Where articles are discharged between said chest and roll.

3In an ironing machine of the class described 45 having a frame, a coacting roll and chest mounted on said frame and means for rotating said roll to carry articles between the roll and chest, a shaft carried by said frame and extending longitudinally of said roll adjacent the periphery thereof a substantial distance circumferentially in advance of the chest, a plurality of separate unheated plate members on said shaft extending toward said chest in yielding contact with the roll, and members spaced longitudinally along said shaft and contacting the roll for maintaining said shaft a xed distance from said roll.

4. In an ironing machine having a. coacting roll and a heated chest and means for rotating said roll to carry articles to be ironed between said roll and chest, means for holding articles to be ironed in Contact with an exposed portion of said roll, said means including a plurality of stationary fingers spaced along said roll, means holding said ngers yieldingly against said roll, and said iingers conforming to said roll and extending to a point adjacent said chest for feeding articles to be ironed between said ngers and roll on one side of said roll and then between said chest 'and roll on the other side of said roll.

5. In an ironing machine having a coacting padded roll and a heated chest extending to the rear of said roll and means for rotating said roll to carry articles to be ironed between said roll and chest from the rear to the front, a plurality of stationary fingers in yielding coaction with the surface of an exposed portion of said roll, and said ngers extending from the front of said roll to a pointadjacent said chest in rear of said roll for transferring articles from front to rear of said roll and for feeding the articles between the roll and chest at the rear of said roll.

6. In an ironing machine having a coacting padded roll and a heated chest extending to the rear of said roll and means for rotating said roll to carry articles to be ironed between said roll and chest from the rear to the front, a shaft parallel with the axis of said roll and adjacent its periphery on the side of said roll opposite said chest, a plurality of ingers oscillatable on said shaft, said fingers coacting with an exposed portion of the surface of said roll and extending from the front of said roll to a point adjacent said chest in rear of said roll, and means biasing said ngers toward said roll.

GEORGE W. JOHNSON. 

